Barn-door hinge



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BARN DOOR HINGE.

APRLICATION FILED JUNE 7, I919.

1 28,583, Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. NIVA, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BARN-DOOR HINGE.

Application filed June 7, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM J. NivA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barn- Door Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide in a barn door hinge simple, positive, and inexpensive structure for a hinge.

Another object is to provide improved means in a hinge for swinging the entire door away from the plane of the wall as the door is opened so a high door will clear overhanging eaves.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification.

in the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a barn wall showing a door with my improved hinges applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of one of the hinges; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hinge shown in Fig.

As shown in Fig. 2, a frame yoke 1 is mounted on the wall of the barn and two straps 2 and 3 are riveted to this yoke at 4 and 5 respectively.

These straps are fastened at 6 and 7, respectively, to the wall 8 of the barn and the opposite ends of the straps are fashioned at 9 and 10 into one member of a hinge joint.

The door yoke 11 has riveted thereto at 12 a strap 13, one end of which is fastened at Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 302,591.

lat to the door 15, the other being formed at 16 into the cooperating member of the hinge joint, the bolt or pin 17 together with the members 10 and 16, completing the hinge.

It will be seen that while the yoke 1 is fastened to the straps 2 and 3 by a single rivet for each strap and the yoke 11 is fastened to the strap 13 by a single rivet, yet when the hinge is mounted to the wall and door with the screws 18 fastening the Wall yoke to the wall and screws 19 fastening the door yoke to the door and the straps fastened to the wall and door by screws 6, 7 and 14, respectively, a positively rigid form of hinge is produced.

It will also be seen from Fig. 3 that as the door swings outwardly the inner corner of the door will swing away from the wall as it will rotate about the hinge pintle.

By use of such ahinge it is possible to eX tend the door up to the point 20, Fig. l and at the same time have the door clear the eave 21, although the eave overhangs the door by a considerable amount.

/Vhile I have described my invention and illustrated it in one particular design, I do not wish it understood that I limit myself to this construction, as it is evident that the application of the invention may be varied in many ways within the scope of the 'following claim.

Claim:

A barn door hinge comprising in combination a pair of yokes, one of said yokes having a strap riveted thereto, the other of said yokes having two straps riveted thereto, the

adjoining ends of said straps being formed into a hinge joint.

WILLIAM J. NIVA. 

